Weather Records on 6 August 1981

855 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 August 1981. Highest significance: Sovetskaja Gavan, RU.

Key Facts for 6 August 1981

On 6 August 1981, 855 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
352 were record highs and 222 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 822 daily.
Sovetskaja Gavan set an all-time record daily precipitation of 169.2 mm (6.7 in) on 6 August 1981.
Across 165 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

855 stations

855 station records on 6 August 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 August 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Independence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Joli A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ibukiyama Mtn (Aut)	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Menza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Riviere Bleue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ecum Secum	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owase	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Pamphile	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trinite des Monts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskaja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tadotsu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Lac Morin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kobe	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kofu	Japan	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

855 records

Records set or tied on 6 August 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 281.

Records on 6 August 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	281
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 6 August 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 822.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 August 1981

Top 20 records on 6 August 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 August 1981	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	all-time rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1981	Tacaratu, BR	monthly rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
6 August 1981	Ajan, RU	daily rain	169.2 mm (6.7 in)	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Independence #1, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Stockville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Price, CA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Onor, RU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Pinkham Notch, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Jasper, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Ste Rose du Degelis, CA	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Fredericton A, CA	daily rain	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Mont-Joli A, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Ibukiyama Mtn (Aut), JP	daily low min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Menza, RU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Madrid, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
6 August 1981	Las Vegas Muni AP, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 855 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-06 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1806	1
1808	1
1809	1
1810	1
1822	1
1830	1
1833	1
1847	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1866	1
1869	1
1871	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	7
1889	3
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	6
1896	6
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	6
1901	7
1902	4
1903	16
1904	13
1905	13
1906	24
1907	26
1908	17
1909	14
1910	20
1911	22
1912	57
1913	41
1914	6
1915	108
1916	40
1917	35
1918	526
1919	92
1920	39
1921	49
1922	90
1923	113
1924	150
1925	78
1926	85
1927	132
1928	101
1929	189
1930	356
1931	349
1932	226
1933	284
1934	580
1935	330
1936	318
1937	371
1938	308
1939	311
1940	385
1941	356
1942	303
1943	248
1944	312
1945	458
1946	430
1947	625
1948	1,166
1949	464
1950	480
1951	720
1952	513
1953	646
1954	532
1955	531
1956	447
1957	949
1958	521
1959	422
1960	250
1961	551
1962	496
1963	258
1964	481
1965	390
1966	378
1967	757
1968	586
1969	613
1970	504
1971	945
1972	877
1973	876
1974	884
1975	749
1976	923
1977	623
1978	790
1979	544
1980	818
1981	855
1982	643
1983	1,281
1984	815
1985	874
1986	648
1987	948
1988	873
1989	879
1990	1,463
1991	1,100
1992	1,053
1993	1,569
1994	1,918
1995	1,500
1996	1,038
1997	1,216
1998	1,546
1999	938
2000	870
2001	1,100
2002	988
2003	1,221
2004	1,076
2005	756
2006	849
2007	991
2008	820
2009	1,033
2010	1,205
2011	1,357
2012	845
2013	722
2014	673
2015	827
2016	472
2017	827
2018	598
2019	645
2020	510
2021	457
2022	960
2023	1,177
2024	882
2025	721
2026	954

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	620
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1